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Insights on Outbound Conference in Atlanta

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One of the presenters, Mike Weinberg, summed up the sentiment in the room: “Many in what’s called the Sales 2.0 These false pronouncements are having a severe negative impact on sales performance,” he said. Prospecting sets you up for everything else in sales.”. Mike Weinberg – Mike stated, “I’m on a mission to simplify sales.

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"New Sales. Simplified." A Must-Read!

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Several weeks ago I sat in on the 2015 Virtual Sales Kickoff hosted by S. It was an excellent session overall, but I was particularly blown-away by the first speaker, Mike Weinberg, author of the book published by AMA entitled New Sales. It’s an action-oriented guide for sales people, sales managers and executives.”

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PowerViews with Bob Thompson: Evolving from RPM 1.0 to RPM 2.0

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Bob has three decades of experience in sales, technical support, consulting, research, and online community development. Bob's goal with CustomerThink is to help business leaders develop mutually beneficial customer relationships. Sales Quotas & Optimistic Expectations for Quicker Economic Recovery.

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PowerViews with Bob Perkins: Inside Sales is Here to Stay

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My guest today is Bob Perkins, Founder of AA-ISP and Vice President of Inside Sales at Merrill Datasite. Bob shared his perspective on how inside sales strategies have grown in popularity as companies strive to improve customer service and boost sales as efficiently as possible. e-mail communication.

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PowerViews with Dan Waldschmidt: Changing the Conversation

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With his team at Waldschmidt Partners, Dan uses his EDGY Strategy to help sales teams exceed their goals. For example, a business owner who goes bankrupt might get labelled as “cursed,” Dan says. Dan calls giving out bonuses during sales cycles “tactical stuff.” “Think about trying something ten thousand times,” Dan says.

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Marketing Automation is Not Marketing Strategy

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Marketers thought that the new CRM software would solve their customer service and customer retention problems. Marketo, for example, sponsored a compelling study done by SiriusDecisions that explains the importance of a strong process in driving results when using marketing automation software. Expectations dashed.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. Adaptive Business Blog.